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Living: Seasons in the sun

With two Scotland-based budget airlines now offering cheap direct flights to France, Spain, Italy and Portugal, many people are finding that a longed-for second home abroad is well within their reach, writes Eva Langlands

Picture the scene. It’s eight o’clock on a Friday evening and you are winding down after a hard week’s work. Normally, the daily commute home in bumper-to-bumper traffic means by this point you are fit for little more than a glass of merlot and a classic film. Not now, however. In the time it takes you to travel home, you have flown across the continent and landed in a sunny, idyllic paradise where the air is balmy and the night is young.

What is more, this isn’t just a holiday — this is your second home.

More and more people are seizing the opportunity to get some all-year sun, realising that buying a place that fits the bill need not be just a dream. With the budget airline market experiencing a boom, it has never been easier to fly direct to your destination. All you need to find that sanctuary is